This
blog has obviously been written after my return. Sloppy me. But if only for myself I think I should finish it properly.
April
30th – Siste April or Valborg is in Sweden a big party to welcome
Spring (in Lund celebrated with excessive
amounts of alcohol), but I already wrote about it last year. Of course, the
Swedish Theological Institute could not let this day pass without any
festivities. So we welcomed ‘Spring’ with a speech in English by the director,
an audience of emigrated Swedes, their Israeli partners and children and other
friends of STI, a mini bonfire, lots of strawberry cake and a temperature of
about 25 degrees. We students even were allowed to sing along in the ad-hoc
choir. "Sköna maj, välkommen till vår bygd igen..." Väldigt roligt!
May 1st - We visit Bethlehem (see below) and meet with Palestinian students, which makes an impression. Article for Lundagård coming up.
May
3rd – A day off! Half of our group decides to go bathing in Tel
Aviv, the other half decides to ascend the Olive Mountain. I belong to the last
group and halfway up the mountain I for some minutes think that I have made the
wrong choice. It’s hot and the mountain
is well…high. But the view over Jerusalem is worth it. We also visit the place
where Jesus – according to sources – left the earth and left one very unclear
footstep behind. Having a look at it costs 3 NIS: the inside-sceptic in me is
screaming quite loudly.
But then we continue to the Pater-Noster Church and that’s a nice place! I
haven’t even been inside the church itself, but the space outside consists of a
beautiful garden with walls on which in different languages (at least 60) the
Lord’s Prayer has been written. Pentacost-in-stone, so to say. Would be a good place for the International Congregation to visit. I tried to make pictures of
some of the mother tongues of my friends there.
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| English |
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| Dutch...Catholic translation... |
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| Swedish...translation from the 1600s?! |
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| Czech |
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| Tamil (?) |
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| Farsi/Persian |
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